John Lesslie Hall (March 2, 1856 – February 23, 1928), also known as J. Lesslie Hall, was an American literary scholar and poet known for his translation of Beowulf. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Jacob Hall, Jr., Hall attended Randolph–Macon College and received a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. He taught English history and literature at the College of William & Mary from 1888 to 1928 (becoming head of the English department and dean of the faculty, and receiving an honorary LLD in 1921); he "was one of the original members of the faculty which reopened the college in 1888".He was also concerned with the history of his native Virginia; he frequently spoke at Jamestown and "compared Jamestowns Great Charter of 1618[clarification needed] and the assembly of 1619 with the Magna Charta at Runnymede."The lists below can be found on this app that give some his main works:Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic PoemCredits :All of the books under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License [www.gutenberg.org]. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.Readium is available under BSD 3-Clause license
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